a New Age convert". Since Close Your Eyes his writing has explored the limits of imagination, idealism and freedom. Morrison's writing has been mistaken for that of a female writer, and it has been said that "he writes convincingly from a woman’s point of view about such topics as breast feeding, depression and how it feels to abandon your child". Author Helen Walsh said that "If Ewan Morrison was a woman, Close Your Eyes would be destined for the Orange Prize shortlist". Morrison has often commented on how he uses writing to unravel the utopian/apocalyptic mindset that he was brought up with and in 2016, he gave a TED X talk in Oxford on the history and consequences of Utopian projects. Further articles explored why collectives and Utopian projects do not work and why we nonetheless still cling to the hope they offer. Television and Film Morrison worked as a television and film director from 1990 to 2004 and as a writer-director in television and film for ten years, directing over 200 hours of television. He has been nominated for three BAFTAs and is the winner of a Royal Television Society Best Drama Award. His first feature film, Swung, an adaptation of his first novel, was produced by Sigma films, directed by Colin Kennedy and starred Elena Anaya (Sex and Lucia, The Skin I Live In). Personal life Morrison is married to the award-winning scriptwriter Emily Ballou and they sometimes collaborate on screenwriting. He was originally a supporter of Scottish independence, however, he later publicly stated that he had changed his mind and voted for the union with the UK. Bibliography Novels Swung (2007) Distance (2008) Menage (2009) Tales from the Mall (2012) Close Your Eyes (2012) Short stories The Last Book You Read and Other Stories (2005) Anthologies The Flash (2007) Four Letter Word (under Anonymous) 2007 2HB (2009) Flash: The International short story magazine volume 2 number 1 (2009) The Book that Changed my Life (2010) Films As writer The Contract (1995) The Proposal (1998) I Saw You (2000) American Blackout (2013) co-written with Emily Ballou. Swung (2014) None of the Above (2018) As director The Lovers (2000) References External links Official web site Andrew Gallix, "more thanatos than eros", 3:AM Magazine, 28 August 2009 "Ewan Morrison: My week as a Le Prince Maurice nominee", Sunday Times, 15 June 2008 "Ewan Morrison: 'Frozen like some primordial mud-man and